100 Best Albums of the Nineties
by Rolling Stone (2010) 
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California. These are their best albums of 1990s.
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1991
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1992
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1991
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17,548
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5,366
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6,181
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100 Best Albums of the Nineties composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1990 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1991 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1992 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1993 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1994 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1995 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1996 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1997 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1998 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1999 | 4 | 4% |
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| Nirvana | 3 | 3% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 2% | |
| Rage Against The Machine | 2 | 2% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
| U2 | 2 | 2% | |
| Jay-Z | 2 | 2% | |
| Pearl Jam | 2 | 2% | |
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14 | 14% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 10/29/2020 16:29 | Tony58 | 39 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2020 11:30 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2020 14:37 |  Timestarter | 114 | 90/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2020 21:02 |  zwiebel | 189 | 86/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2020 15:37 | Chris15789 | 15 | 70/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 65.9/100, a mean average of 64.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 23.7.
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From JSpaceman 08/07/2019 00:30 | #240874
Mostly fine. Because it’s RS it is always going to overrate classic rock and underrate hip hop
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From FloydMJ 07/09/2019 11:53 | #239195
Dr Dre
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From NSPE 01/20/2019 02:04 | #230064
Rap picks : 9/10
Rock and indie picks: 7/10
Other genres picks: 7.5/10
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9999 06/14/2018 15:32 | #216730
9999 06/14/2018 15:32 | #216730
Definitely better than their 2000s chart, that's for sure.
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From timbuktoo 12/11/2017 11:56 | #202948
Good chart - a lot of my favourites are on there
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From RandolphCarterJr 06/25/2017 17:07 | #193192
Surprisingly good list, though plenty to disagree with. 90s were great.
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From LANCE 03/20/2017 22:49 | #187762
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LedZep 03/19/2017 21:57 | #187688
Actually not that bad, but you can't have a serious 90s chart without Alice in Chains and Pantera. Landmarks for grunge and metal respectively. If you include many rap albums, which I don't listen to but am ok with, you must also include metal
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From Web-Seo 02/22/2017 00:27 | #186122
Rolling Stone one again. Just populists.
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Clarence42069 11/07/2016 07:41 | #178055
Clarence42069 11/07/2016 07:41 | #178055
Im not angry. Just dissapointed
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